Hi,
I have a need to make update and distribute what appears to be an orphaned
module. And I was hoping someone here could advise me on the correct
way of doing this.
I have been trying to contact the original author to no avail. And as you can
see from the attached email from Matt Sisk at the time he was talking to
Stacy Lacy they indicated that they were looking for someone to take over
maintenance.
I am happy to register as maintainer of this module, but I am unsure what is
the best way of getting this done.
Thanks
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Date sent: Tue, 04 Jul 2000 14:11:12 -0500
From: Matt Sisk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Organization: The Toadstool
To: Anthony Peacock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: HTML::Table & Stacy Lacy
Anthony Peacock wrote:
> I noticed from your discussions on [EMAIL PROTECTED] about your
> HTML::ElementTable module that you have had discussions with Stacy Lacy
> about his HTML::Table module. I have been trying to contact Stacy about
> his module but the email in the documentation doesn't work anymore.
That was a while ago...I saw one response where he (she?) indicated that
they were willing to give it up for adoption, but I never heard anything
more.
> Do you have a recent email address for Stacy?
Nope. You might try the modules mailing list and see if any of them have
any information ([EMAIL PROTECTED]).
> The reason I ask is that I am using the HTML::Table module and it suits my
> needs. However I have had to add a new method and would like to include that
> method in the CPAN distribution.
I'm sure Stacy Lacy wouldn't mind, based on the response I got a couple
of years ago. As a general issue, I'm not sure what the procedure for
orphaned modules is...I would be curious to see a response from
[EMAIL PROTECTED] regarding that.
> I have recently looked at your HTML::ElementTable modules and at the
> moment this seems a little overkill for my needs. Also at the stage of my
> project I don't really want to be changing this element.
No problem, I can see how HTML::Element based trees can be a pain if you
just want to hit the ground running.
Take care,
Matt Sisk
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Anthony Peacock
CHIME, Royal Free & University College Medical School
WWW: http://www.chime.ucl.ac.uk/~rmhiajp/
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